REVIEWS AND OTHER KIND COMMENTS/Thanks so much, everyone!

MOURNING BECOMES HER

Cornelia Street was the last reading of the year and it went great! Thanks again and see you next year!

Grace and I at the Small Press Fair

The New School Reading

I sold out all the books I brought to the Brooklyn Book Festival!! Ten in all. By 3 o'clock, no less. The festival was well-organized and fun. Everyone had a great day.

The Harlem Book Fair was great! I sold two books! Thanks for all the support! See you at the Brooklyn Book Fair in September!

Hi everyone. I survived my DC trip. Thanks for all your support. I sold two books and got to meet Dick Gregory!!! Stay tuned.

I just want to say thanks so much to everyone who came out for my first reading of the year at Stain Bar. It went really well despite some nerves. Keep checking back for more readings!

My first review of 2007! Enjoy!

Couldn't put it down!, January 16, 2007
Reviewer: R. Moore (Durham, NC) - See all my reviews

I read this book on a long flight to LA and it was such a page turner it really made the flight go by fast! I'm sure the people around me thought I was crazy the way I was giggling and laughing out loud. I loved Washington's crafty use of words and references of NY Theater and NY city life. Take the smartness and fashion of "Sex in the City" mixed with a complicated heroine of Antigone and you have one of the freshes debuts. Can't wait to see what author, KC Washington, writes next!

My very first review!!!

Addictive Page-Turner, July 7, 2006/amazon.com

Reviewer:

Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond - See all my reviews

Washington introduces a new love-to-hate heroine in Antigone Clark, an up-and-coming African-American actress who doesn't stop playing the part when the stage lights go off. For more reasons than one, the lights never go off in Antigone's world - even when they do - just as the lights never go off in this witty cover-to-cover read.

Indulge in this book when you're having a lazy, selfish day and don't want to feel guilty about it!

July 23, 2006

Through rain, sleet and snow (well almost), a pilfered pavilion and a shortage of postcards, I still sold three books at the Harlem Book Fair! In total, I sold 8 books throughout the day! As Antigone would say, I think that calls for a drink!

August 16, 2006: My first public reading of Mourning was a huge success! I sold out all of my stock---albeit that was only six books---but still I am mother proud!

THAT'S RIGHT!!!

STRAIGHT TO THE MOON!!!

November 7, 2007

Hey everyone! Things are still going strong. A small turnout at the last reading at Seaburn Books but still managed to sell a book! One more reading to go for the year before I give myself and Antigone a well-deserved break. But we will be back stronger than ever in January. Stay tuned!

October 22, 2006

Happy Fall! Things are still going strong. I did a reading at Book Court and though I didn't have the turn out I had hoped for it was still a great experience. And best of all, a nice young woman who saw my postcard somewhere thought it was interesting and not only came with a friend, but bought a book! So yeah! Life is good!

September 24, 2006

Hi everyone! Things are really popping! The Hartford panel was a great success. I was very erudite! And even better ZZ Packer of Drinking Coffee Elsewhere was on the panel too! And I got to meet Elizabeth Nunez of Prospero's Daughter and sold five books. Wow!

Treat yourself to an amusing and provocative read., August 27, 2006

Reviewer:

Dana M. Edwards "SoulStar" (Northern Cali)

Washington brings us a fresh take on a classic heroine. Ego-bruised Broadway actress Antigone Clark, the female protagonist of Mourning Becomes Her, brings to mind the 1940s silver screen leading ladies, but in a thoroughly modern setting. Our protagonist is leery of the advances of the almost too perfect Baldwin Dahl, and understandably so (for reasons you'll just have to read the book to find out). Antigone's hilariously sharp-edged repartee with Baldwin is truly cutting! It's heartbreakingly comical to see angst-ridden Antigone guard herself from the prospect of this romance, only to realize she and Baldwin have an undeniable bond. BONUS ALERT--Not only do we get this great love story, but also a beautiful exploration of a father-daughter relationship. This book is wonderfully engaging, soaring miles above your usual chick-lit fare; I could barely put it down. Kudos to the writer of this superb novella!!

Susan Farquhar, political activist and avid reader., 08/22/2006

Artistically Autobiographical

I had to keep convincing myself 'Mourning Becomes Her' was a novella and not an autobiography-so stark, unapologetic and HUMAN were the characters in KC Washington's stellar new read.